All the peeps in the media have at least. I quite like how Daniel Thorpe has kept everything private, but anyway it was to be expected. Always good to see them doing so well, once the ride is up and running and any hubub has died down they can maybe start moving on from it all and let life get back to some semblance of normality

I bet the papers were gutted he kept quiet as they couldn't do the "Daniel preferred Thorpe Park"

Can anyone who went yesterday list the changes to the smiler that have been made??

Is the half way corrected sign still on the walls at the halfway point?

I think (but am not sure) that the signs just said half way. The corrected has been removed. The screens around the ride were blurred or zoomed in so you couldn't tell what they said. There was no audio in the indoor queue line, and in the station the audio always said "Join us" whereas previously it has said that and time to get corrected. The shop videos have also been edited. Other than that everything seemed in order, ride music and shop music were the same, entrance sign and shop sign back up as normal.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/502436/rollercoaster-revellers-upside-down-bird-tampers-safety-sensors-ride Makes me laugh that a ride in china that has nothing to do with the Merlin brings up the Smiler Incident once again.

Oooh they stopped for 18 minutes ON A LIFT. That news is so disturbing I can't sleep at night!

This made me annoyed:

The news comes as Britain’s most controversial rollercoaster, The Smiler, started spinning once again at Alton Towers yesterday.

SPINNING? Since when has The Smiler been a Gerstlauer spinning coaster?

If you want a good laugh at some truly shonky journalism follow the link in red at the bottom where it says the smiler incident is one of the worst rollercoaster incidents in UK history.

That shows how good the safety record of theme parks is in this country if that's all a dirt digging tabloid could find. Not that I imagine the Daily Star really puts much effort into anything anyway..

I'm pretty sure they didn't allow him, that pretty clear with the way he started filming just after dispatch and then stopped filming seconds after hitting the brake run.

CCTV cameras come to mind. Not a great start to the season if they aren't paying close attention to them on not one but two lift hills.

Also in the station the OP cabin is above him as well as the ride host would of been just a few feet to his left. It's not even as if he tried to film discreetly, he clearly had it in his hand away from his body.